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Aerospace, Vol. 11, Pages 323: A Resilient Approach to a Test Rig Setup in the Qualification of a Tilt Rotor Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Wing
21/04/2024 -
The evolution of aircraft wing development has seen significant progress since the early days of aviation, with static testing emerging as a crucial aspect for ensuring safety and reliability. This...
Aerospace, Vol. 11, Pages 325: Analysis and Design of Bat-Like Flapping-Wing Aircraft
22/04/2024 -
As the only flying mammal in nature, bats have superb flight skills and aerodynamic characteristics that have been the subject of research by scholars from all over the world. In recent years, the...
Aerospace, Vol. 11, Pages 333: Computational Mechanics for Turbofan Engine Blade Containment Testing: Fan Case Design and Blade Impact Dynamics by Finite Element Simulations
24/04/2024 -
The harsh environment during airplane take-off and flights with complex operating conditions require a high dynamic and impact resistance capability of airplane engines. The design, development, and...
Aerospace, Vol. 11, Pages 332: Research on the Calculation Method of Propeller 1P Loads Based on the Blade Element Momentum Theory
23/04/2024 -
Aircraft propellers produce relatively large in-plane loads, called propeller 1P loads, during maneuvers such as turning, diving, and lifting, and these loads can negatively affect the flight and...
Aerospace, Vol. 11, Pages 334: Analysis of Flight Loads during Symmetric Aircraft Maneuvers Based on the Gradient-Enhanced Kriging Model
24/04/2024 -
The analysis of flight loads during symmetric aircraft maneuvers is an essential but computationally intensive task in aircraft design. The significant structural elastic deformation in modern...
Aerospace, Vol. 11, Pages 343: Flight Trainee Performance Evaluation Using Gradient Boosting Decision Tree, Particle Swarm Optimization, and Convolutional Neural Network (GBDT-PSO-CNN) in Simulated Flights
25/04/2024 -
Flight simulation training is one of the most important methods in early-stage civil aviation flight training. In this regard, flight simulation competitions are effective tools for evaluating the...
Aerospace, Vol. 11, Pages 342: Investigation of the Internal Flow Characteristics of a Tiltrotor Aircraft Engine Inlet in a Gust Environment
25/04/2024 -
In the vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) state of tiltrotor aircraft, the inlet entrance encounters the incoming airflow at a 90° attack angle, resulting in highly complex internal flow...
Aerospace, Vol. 11, Pages 322: Sensitivity Analysis for Design Parameters of Electric Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
20/04/2024 -
In recent years, there has been rapid development in electric aircraft, particularly electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, as part of efforts to promote green aviation. During the...
Aerospace, Vol. 11, Pages 319: Dynamic Analysis of Three-Rotor System with Hollow Shaft under Clutch Misalignment
19/04/2024 -
Rotor system of aviation engines is often made of multiple rotors connected by the clutch. Due to manufacturing and assembly errors, there is a clutch misalignment, including the parallel...
Assessment of the Development Performance of Additive Manufacturing VPP Parts Using Digital Light Processing (DLP) and Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Technologies
24/04/2024 -
Non-metallic additive manufacturing technology has seen a substantial improvement in the precision of the parts it produces. Its capability to achieve complex geometries and very small dimensions...
In-Plane Mechanical Characterization of a Kevlar® Composite
25/04/2024 -
Polymer-based composites are widely used in the automotive, security, aeronautical and space industries, to mention a few. This is because of their good mechanical properties, which are similar to...
A novel strategical approach to mitigate low velocity impact damage in composite laminates
22/04/2024 -
Strategic interleaving methodology to improve composite laminates' low velocity impact (LVI) damage resistance.This paper describes a new interleaving methodology to improve composite laminates' low...
Aerospace, Vol. 11, Pages 313: Data-Driven 4D Trajectory Prediction Model Using Attention-TCN-GRU
17/04/2024 -
With reference to the trajectory-based operation (TBO) requirements proposed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), this paper concentrates on the study of four-dimensional...
The Effects of Printing Temperature on the Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
17/04/2024 -
Temperature is very important in the fabrication of products developed for different applications, considering the widespread use of additive manufacturing (AM) technology. Thermal properties...
Hybrid Fabrication of Cold Metal Transfer Additive Manufacturing and Laser Metal Deposition for Ti6Al4V: The Microstructure and Dynamic/Static Mechanical Properties
18/04/2024 -
The titanium alloy components utilized in the aviation field are typically large in size and possess complex structures. By utilizing multiple additive manufacturing processes, the precision and...
Thermal and Mechanical Stress Analysis in Aircraft Hybrid Panels with Multi-Bolt Joints
18/04/2024 -
This study investigates the thermal stress and bolt load distribution in a hybrid panel structure of an aircraft mechanical joint under extreme temperatures. The hybrid panel structure comprises two...
Corrosion behavior of Al4SiC4/SiC ceramics exposed to molten calcium?magnesium?alumino?silicate at 1350°C in air
11/04/2024 -
Al4SiC4 shows excellent heat resistance, thermal shock resistance, machinability, and oxidation resistance. We focused on Al4SiC4?based ceramics with SiC as a non?oxide matrix for ceramic matrix...
Aerospace, Vol. 11, Pages 304: Collaborative Localization Method Based on Hybrid Network for Aerial Swarm
12/04/2024 -
In light of the satellite rejection environment and how aircraft can obtain high-precision positioning, this paper proposes a collaborative correction algorithm for aircraft based on the rank-defect...
Aerospace, Vol. 11, Pages 307: An Autonomous Tow Truck Algorithm for Engineless Aircraft Taxiing
14/04/2024 -
The aviation industry has proposed multiple solutions to reduce fuel consumption, air pollution, and noise at airports, one of which involves deploying electric trucks for aircraft towing between the...
Environmental Impact of an Innovative Aeronautic Carbon Composite Manufactured via Heated Vacuum-Assisted Resin Transfer Molding
13/04/2024 -
The Vacuum-Assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM) process has gained popularity as a reliable and cost-effective alternative to autoclave molding for high-performance composite production, which is...
Mechanical Behaviors of Hybrid Composites with Orthogonal Spiral Wire Mesh and Polyurethane Elastomer
10/04/2024 -
This work presents a novel hybrid composite with orthogonal spiral wire mesh and polyurethane elastomer. The variation of Poisson's ratio is analyzed. Two main research findings are 1) increased...
